![Players in Pigtails](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0439183065.jpg?itok=Eh_hZR6i)
Katie Casey follows her passion for baseball and winds up playing for one of the professional girls’ teams — and wins. The little known opening of a well-known tune, “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” inspired this fictionalized look at the professional all-girls baseball league that thrived during World War II.
Players in Pigtails
![No Easy Way: The Story of Ted Williams and the Last .400 Season](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0525478779.jpg?itok=EjQ_7Vwc)
Ted Williams never flinched at hard work or a challenge. In his last season with the Boston Red Sox, Williams had to decide if he wanted to take the chance and lose his rare .400 average or go to bat. Williams’ decision creates a riveting read in this handsome and thoughtful look at one man’s ethics and the times in which he lived.
No Easy Way: The Story of Ted Williams and the Last .400 Season
![My Baseball Book](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0688171370.jpg?itok=KMn5JJNg)
The basic rules and equipment of baseball are introduced in simple words and straightforward illustrations. Those interested in the nitty-gritty of the game will appreciate this practical presentation.
My Baseball Book
![Let's Play Baseball](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/076361646X.jpg?itok=v_8Jbdp3)
A baseball encourages a boy to play the game, to enjoy the sounds, excitement, and camaraderie of the game. The short, rhyming text is accompanied by humorous illustrations for a playful look at baseball for younger children.
Let’s Play Baseball
![Home-Run King](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/014241459X.jpg?itok=IJPzGwxl)
There were always discoveries to be made in their grandmother’s attic; and Gee always had a story to go along with it. On this visit, the cousins find an autographed baseball that leads to a story about the Negro Baseball League and its stars, Josh Gibson and Satchel Paige. Exciting, predictable, and well-paced, this is sure to appeal to children.
Home-Run King
![Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1416913939.jpg?itok=AiYM3WpG)
She seemed born to pitch when growing up in a small Ohio town and pitch she did at a time when women only wore skirts or dresses. Stylized illustrations combine with the fictionalized voice of Alta Weiss to present a memorable glimpse of early baseball, one young woman’s passion for the game, and a quick look at women in the sport.
Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings
![Baseball from A to Z](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0061240818.jpg?itok=dA9VfwsA)
Comic illustrations effectively combine with a straightforward text to bring baseball terms to life. From A (“Ace. The best pitcher on the team…”) to Z (“Strike Zone. To be in the strike zone, a pitch must be…”) the alphabet is a device used to introduce all things baseball, likely to be appreciated by even young aficionados.
Baseball from A to Z
![All Star! Honus Wagner & the Most Famous Baseball Card Ever](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0399246614.jpg?itok=XPzv0q8O)
The baseball card of “…the bandy-legged son of German immigrants” sold for almost three million dollars in 2007. Honus Wagner was an all-around player who could hit, run, and play shortstop equally well. Highlights of his life and some of the myths that swirled up around him are presented in evocative, energetic text and handsome paintings.
All Star! Honus Wagner & the Most Famous Baseball Card Ever
![On the Field with...Albert Pujols](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0316027014.jpg?itok=NbzJf-uc)
On the Field with…Albert Pujols
![The Journal of Biddy Owens: The Negro Leagues, Birmingham, Alabama, 1948](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0439095034.jpg?itok=9z5eHZfL)
The Journal of Biddy Owens: The Negro Leagues, Birmingham, Alabama, 1948
![Baseball in April and Other Stories](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0152025677.jpg?itok=Xn5wUxgG)
Baseball in April and Other Stories
![Baseball Crazy: Ten Short Stories that Cover All the Bases](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0142413712.jpg?itok=_kEkc3BR)
Baseball Crazy: Ten Short Stories that Cover All the Bases
![Building with Dad](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0761453121.jpg?itok=MoYGpxxR)
Building with Dad
![¡Beisbol! Latino Baseball Pioneers and Legends](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1584302348.jpg?itok=Yd7AX11K)
This collection profiles 14 Latino baseball pioneers (Roberto Clemente, Bobby Avila, etc.) who played during the first half of the 20th century, often in the Negro Leagues or winter leagues of Latin America. Readers will learn about the group’s accomplishments, including the barriers they had to overcome and how they paved the way for today’s Latino baseball stars.
¡Beisbol! Latino Baseball Pioneers and Legends
![Out of the Ballpark](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0061151947.jpg?itok=7gSPcZxO)
Out of the Ballpark
![Kingfisher Soccer Encyclopedia](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0753463970.jpg?itok=q4GxV2OH)
Kingfisher Soccer Encyclopedia
![Winners Never Quit!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0060740523.jpg?itok=qMvmgNuZ)
Winners Never Quit!
![Maya and Miguel: Soccer Around the World](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0439753759.jpg?itok=ZsqXUZJl)
Maya and Miguel: Soccer Around the World
![Froggy Plays Soccer](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0140568093.jpg?itok=jlP10PiP)
Froggy Plays Soccer
![Pelé: King of Soccer / Pele, El rey del futbol](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/006122779X.jpg?itok=f9-BPRwO)
Did you know that as a boy, Pelé played soccer in bare feet with a grapefruit instead of a soccer ball? Monica Brown shares the inspirational story of the beloved soccer star’s rise from humble beginnings to becoming El rey del fútbol. Rudy Gutiérrez’s brilliant and fluid illustrations of Pelé and “the beautiful game” of soccer leap off the page. Bilingual text. Curriculum guide (opens in a new window) available.
Pelé: King of Soccer / Pele, El rey del futbol
![Mandela](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0698118162.jpg?itok=C-1duPVi)
Meet young Rolihlahla, the boy who will grow up to become Nelson Mandela. From his childhood in the South African countryside, to his election as the first black president in South Africa’s history, Mandela’s extra-ordinary life is a story of courage, persistence, hope, and belief.
Mandela
![Goal!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763645710.jpg?itok=pqzlVthk)
This heart-tugging picture book from a debut author tells a lyrical soccer story in the voice of a young boy in a South African shantytown. In full-page oil paintings, unusual angles intensify the sense of the scuffling, exciting action, the tense confrontation, and the reality of shantytown life.
Goal!
![South Africa: Explore the World Through Soccer](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1934670537.jpg?itok=S7yw1qSd)
Ethan Zohn is a professional soccer player, philanthropist, and lecturer. Through his series of international Soccer World books, Zohn shares ways that soccer can be used as a “common language” across cultures. In this edition, Zohn makes his way through South Africa, and takes readers from wildlife preserves to giant soccer stadiums.
South Africa: Explore the World Through Soccer
![A South African Night](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0688113893.jpg?itok=EphRfPSl)
When the people of Johannesburg go to bed, the animals of Kruger National Park begin to stir. Simple text and evocative watercolors bring the city and the national reserve to life and will inspire young children to think about what is happening in the natural world while they are sleeping.